Crag Pit, Sutton Explained

Crag Pit, Sutton
Aos:	Suffolk
Interest:	Biological
Area:	0.7 hectares
Notifydate:	1985
Map:	Magic Map

Crag Pit, Sutton is a 0.7hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Shottisham in Suffolk.^{[1] [2]} It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[3]

This small disused quarry is described by Natural England as short rabbit-grazed grassland which supports one of only two British colonies of the endangered Small Alison flowering plants. Herbs include the uncommon mossy stonecrop.^[4]

As of June 2017, the site is covered with dense woodland, scrub and tall herbs, and there is little or no rabbit-grazed grassland.

References

52.06°N 1.379°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Crag Pit, Sutton . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 25 June 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Crag Pit, Sutton. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 25 June 2017.
3. Web site: Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018. 76. Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. 6 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815202035/http://www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org/assets/AONB-Management-Plan-20132018.pdf. 2016-08-15. dead.
4. Web site: Crag Pit, Sutton citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 25 June 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504232152/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003459.pdf. 4 May 2015.